| | | | News: GenArts releases Sapphire plug-ins v2 for Apple Shake
New version available immediately features new effects and Mac Universal support
GenArts Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins version 2 for Apple’s® Shake. This release contains 20 additional effects including a new FilmDamage effect, and a wide array of new features and improvements such as on-screen widgets for easy parameter adjustment, and an improved user interface for all color parameters. Sapphire Plug-ins for Shake provides digital artists with over 200 image processing and synthesis effects that are directly integrated into Shake’s user interface. Version 2 now supports the Mac Universal Binary (PPC & Intel) and Linux systems.
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| | | | Fulltank Sweetens 'Chocolate Box' Music Video for Prince
Creative Production Studio Provided 190 Visual Effects Shots for CGI-Intensive Promo Directed by P.R. Brown
Creative production studio Fulltank announced today that it provided visual effects, including on-set supervision, for a CGI-intensive promo for "Chocolate Box," the new single from Prince's "MPLSoUND" album released on March 29th.
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| | | | Color Symmetry 2.0 Introduces New Color and Look Management Tools for Animation, VFX and Post
New 2.0 Features Offer Accurate Color Handling for RAW Acquisition Workflows with Support for Emerging Industry-Standard LUTs
Duiker Research Corp., creator of the Color Symmetry plug-in suite, announced today Color Symmetry 2.0. Version 2.0 encompasses new capabilities that make it possible to create and emulate production looks, accurately view color and correctly exchange color data across a variety of film- and emerging all-digital production pipelines in motion pictures, television, commercials and games.
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| | | | GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2008
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products at booth 1536
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH 2008, being held August 12-14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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| | | | GenArts to Show Latest Sapphire Plug-ins at NAB 2008
Company to demonstrate their latest VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products in booth SL14516
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be featuring their entire range of plug-ins at NAB 2008 being held April 14-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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| | | | Mad Media Hires Seasoned Editor & DVD Authoring Guru Ryan Holdridge
Mad Media has announced that Ryan Holdridge has been named Director of Multimedia Design. Ryan brings with him a skill set that includes professional editing experience with Apple Final Cut Studio 2, advanced compositing with Apple Shake, and standard definition / Blu-ray DVD authoring experience using Apple DVD Studio Pro and Adobe Encore environments.
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| | | | GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at DV Expo West 2007
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at DV Expo West 2007, being held December 5-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Sapphire Plug-ins is a collection of over 200 image processing and synthesis effects that natively integrate with leading editing and compositing systems.
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| | | | nailgun* Creates Extensive Redesign of Universal Channel
With a strong live-action narrative that abstractly recalls such classic films as Rear Window and The Conversation, award winning design/production studio nailgun* (www.nailgun.tv) has completed the comprehensive high def redesign of Universal Channel, the NBC Universal owned network seen by millions throughout Latin America.
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| | | | News: Color Symmetry Introduces Consistent Color Handling for Animation, Graphics and VFX
New Plug-in Suite Debuting at SIGGRAPH 2007 Introduces Consistent, Film-Accurate Color Handling Across Products from 2D and 3D to DI
Duiker Research Corp., a California-based innovator in imaging and color tools for motion pictures, is announcing Color Symmetry, a suite of plug-ins that for the first time allows film "looks" to be easily emulated and previewed within a wide array of animation, graphics and effects packages.
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| | | | News: GridIron Nucleo Pro 2 Now Shipping
GridIron® Software today announced the availability of NucleoR Pro 2, an upgrade to the productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists using Adobe® After Effects®.
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| | | | News: CafeFX Creates High Drama for Spider-Man
Crane destruction of a Manhattan skyscraper sets the stage for a classic rescue by Spider-Man
Feature film visual effects facility CafeFX created a vertigo-inducing crane disaster sequence for SPIDER-MAN™ 3, setting the stage for a classic Spidey rescue.
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| | | | News: GridIron Software Nucleo Pro 2 Supports Background Rendering of 3D Applications
Customize how nested compositions are rendered to further streamline productivity
GridIron® Software today announced Nucleo Pro® 2, an upgrade to the productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists using Adobe® After Effects®. Nucleo Pro is well-known for its speculative and background rendering capabilities that allow motion graphics artists to render and work at the same time.
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| | | | News: Imagineer Systems Announces Immediate Availability of motor
motor Extends Powerful, High-End Visual Effects Design Capabilities to Affordable, Accessible Rotoscoping Design Tool for the Digital Media Design Community
Imagineer Systems, creators of next-generation VFX tools, announced today the immediate availability of motor, the Company’s first offering in its new initiative to deliver sophisticated, high-end visual effects and design capabilities to mainstream visual effects artists.
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| | | | News: RE:Vision Effects founders to receive Academy Award
Leading visual effects developer RE:Vision Effects, Inc. is delighted to announce that the company founders, Peter Litwinowicz and Pierre Jasmin, will be honored with a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®.
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| | | | News: GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at DV Expo 2006
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products in booth 821
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at DV Expo 2006, being held November 15-17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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| | | | News: Imagineer adds tracker support for Quantel generationQ
Latest release of monet, mokey add support for exporting data to Quantel generationQ
Imagineer Systems, the UK-based developer of innovative visual effects tools, announced today that its latest release of monet and mokey include support for exporting tracking data to Quantel generationQ via a new TrackImport plug-in.
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| | | | News: GenArts Honored at Succesful IBC 2006
Company wins IBC Exhibition Design Award
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, announces another successful exhibition at IBC 2006. GenArts was one of three recipients to be presented with an IBC 2006 Exhibition Design Award at the awards ceremony, where GenArts’ Marketing Programs Manager, Beth Balter, was interviewed for IBC TV.
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| | | | News: GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at IBC 2006
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products on stand 7.946
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at IBC 2006, being held September 8-12 at the Amsterdam RAI. Visitors to GenArts stand 7.946 will be given demonstrations of Sapphire Plug-ins version 2 for Avid AVX Products and the latest versions with Mac Intel support for Apple Shake 4.1, Final Cut Pro 5.1, and Autodesk Combustion 4. GenArts will also be presenting their plug-ins on Adobe After Effects and Eyeon Fusion.
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| | | | News: AJA Showcases Video Solutions Tailor Made For Animators And Effects Artists At Siggraph 2006
The company's KONA and XENA video capture cards cater to artists with advanced support for leading graphics and effects applications and cost-effective HD I/O
AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, will be showcasing the latest versions of its KONA (Mac) and XENA (Windows) video playback and capture cards at SIGGRAPH 2006. The KONA 3 v2 and XENA 2K feature advanced support and plug-ins for seamless integration with leading graphics and effects applications, such as Apple Shake and Motion, Autodesk Combustion®, Eyeon Fusion®, Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Photoshop®. AJA Video will be demonstrating these technologies from Booth 1031 at this year's SIGGRAPH Conference, to be held in Boston, MA from August 1-3, 2006.
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| | | | News: GenArts to Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2006
Company to demonstrate their VFX plug-ins on a wide range of products in booth 1700
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at SIGGRAPH 2006, being held August 1-3 at the Boston Exhibition & Convention Center.
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| | | | News: Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink HD Extreme
Blackmagic Design announced at NAB DeckLink HD Extreme, the world’s first PCIe HDTV capture card to feature both SDI and analog connections combined with full HD and SD compatibility, and released at a retail price that's the same as current SD-only products.
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| | | | News: RE:Vision Effects updates RE:Flex with High Dynamic Range Image Support
A Major Performance Upgrade for Adobe® After Effects® 7.0; Other Platforms also Updated.
RE:Flex provides superior morphing and warping for After Effects. RE:Flex uses both open and closed splines for its free-form interface rather than a mesh-based solution. RE:Flex is especially easy to learn because it uses the After Effects' own drawing and masking tools to direct the warping and morphing; as such, there is no need to learn a whole new user interface.
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| | | | News: GenArts to Mark Milestones at IBC '05
Company will Preview Sapphire v2.0 for Avid, Introduce New Managing Director
GenArts Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industry, today announced that the International Broadcast Conference will mark important milestones for the company – the unveiling of the next version of Sapphire Plug-ins for Avid AVX 2.0, the availability of Sapphire Plug-ins v3.07 for 64-bit Discreet systems, and the introduction of new managing director, Anish Dhanda.
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| | | | News: GenArts To Showcase Sapphire Plug-ins At SIGGRAPH
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of digital visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industry, today announced that it will be showcasing Sapphire Plug-ins at Siggraph 2005 (Los Angeles Convention Center, August 2-4) in the Plug-in Pavilion – booth number 2139.
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 Apple Shake Video Tutorial: An Introduction to Node-based Compositing
Steve Wright is a visual effects veteran with 70 broadcast television commercials and over 60 feature films credits. Hes also written and taught extensively on many aspects of effects creation. Here, using Apple Shake as an example, Steve introduces the ideas and methods of node-based compositing.
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In this second video in the series, Shake is Money, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates Slow Motion in Apple Shake.
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In this Apple Shake video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench begins a series called Shake is Money in which he will discuss how Final Cut Pro editors can quickly learn how to integrate Shake into their workflow for added flexibilty in the studio. In this first video in the series, Michael demonstrates the Smooth Cam Node in Shake.
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